Hebrew · H7969

שָׁלוֹשׁ

Three ; occasionally (ordinal) third , or (multiple) thrice

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שָׁלוֹשׁH7969

Pronunciationšālwōš

What does שָׁלוֹשׁ (šālwōš) mean in the Bible?

שָׁלוֹשׁ (šālwōš): Cardinal number marking completion or divine testing; foundational to covenant witness and resurrection typology in Scripture.

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What does שָׁלוֹשׁ (šālwōš) mean in the Bible?

שָׁלוֹשׁ (šālwōš): Cardinal number marking completion or divine testing; foundational to covenant witness and resurrection typology in Scripture.

How does the BSB render H7969?

The BSB source-word alignment has 430 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include three (119), . . . (46), for three (23), and three (21), The three (15).

Where does שָׁלוֹשׁ (šālwōš) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 5:22. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Chronicles (40), Numbers (37), Exodus (35), 2 Chronicles (33).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It

three119×Genesis 6:10, Genesis 9:19, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 18:6

. . .46×Genesis 11:15, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 46:15, Exodus 38:26

for three23×Genesis 42:17, Exodus 2:2, Exodus 10:22, Exodus 15:22

and three21×Exodus 25:32, Exodus 27:1, Exodus 27:14, Exodus 27:15

The three15×Genesis 40:12, Genesis 40:18, Joshua 15:14, Judges 7:8

In the third8×1 Kings 15:28, 1 Kings 15:33, 2 Kings 18:1, 2 Chronicles 17:7

and the three5×Genesis 7:13, 2 Kings 25:18, 1 Chronicles 2:16, 2 Chronicles 8:13

with three5×Exodus 27:14, Exodus 27:15, Exodus 38:14, Exodus 38:15

a three-day4×Genesis 30:36, Exodus 3:18, Exodus 5:3, Exodus 8:27

in three4×1 Samuel 13:17, 1 Kings 7:4, 1 Kings 7:5, Isaiah 16:14

the thirteenth4×1 Chronicles 24:13, 1 Chronicles 25:20, Esther 3:13, Jeremiah 25:3

thirteen4×Joshua 19:6, Joshua 21:4, Joshua 21:19, Joshua 21:33

three [in all]4×1 Chronicles 3:23, 1 Chronicles 23:8, 1 Chronicles 23:9, 1 Chronicles 23:23

three-tenths [of an ephah]4×Numbers 28:20, Numbers 28:28, Numbers 29:3, Numbers 29:9

300,000 {}3×1 Samuel 11:8, 2 Chronicles 17:14, 2 Chronicles 25:5

are three3×Genesis 40:12, Genesis 40:18, Proverbs 30:15

into three3×Judges 7:16, Judges 9:43, 1 Samuel 11:11

of the three3×2 Samuel 23:17, 1 Chronicles 11:19, 1 Chronicles 11:20

of three-tenths [of an ephah]3×Leviticus 14:10, Numbers 15:9, Numbers 29:14

On the thirteenth3×Esther 3:12, Esther 9:1, Esther 9:18

So the three3×Numbers 12:4, 2 Samuel 23:16, 1 Chronicles 11:18

There were three3×Exodus 37:19, 1 Kings 7:4, Ezekiel 40:10

there will be three3×Ezekiel 48:32, Ezekiel 48:33, Ezekiel 48:34

[He also made] three2×1 Kings 10:17, 2 Chronicles 9:16

[numbered] 3922×Ezra 2:58, Nehemiah 7:60

3,000 {}2×1 Chronicles 12:29, Job 1:3

3002×Genesis 5:22, Ezra 8:5

3202×Ezra 2:32, Nehemiah 7:35

337,5002×Numbers 31:36, Numbers 31:43

3452×Ezra 2:34, Nehemiah 7:36

3722×Ezra 2:4, Nehemiah 7:9

3902×Ezekiel 4:5, Ezekiel 4:9

along with [the] Three2×2 Samuel 23:18, 1 Chronicles 11:20

along with the three2×2 Samuel 23:22, 1 Chronicles 11:24

among the Three2×2 Samuel 23:19, 1 Chronicles 11:21

and 3,6002×2 Chronicles 2:2, 2 Chronicles 2:18

every three2×2 Chronicles 9:21, Amos 4:4

one of the Three2×2 Samuel 23:23, 1 Chronicles 11:12

or three2×2 Kings 9:32, Isaiah 17:6

the twenty-third2×1 Chronicles 24:18, 1 Chronicles 25:30

three things2×Exodus 21:11, Proverbs 30:21

within three2×2 Samuel 20:4, Ezra 10:8

you three [options]2×2 Samuel 24:12, 1 Chronicles 21:10

-1×1 Samuel 17:13

. . . 53,4001×Numbers 26:47

(that is,1×Joshua 17:11

[and] 3001×2 Chronicles 14:9

[is to be] 3001×Genesis 6:15

[numbered] 131×1 Chronicles 26:11

[only] three1×2 Kings 13:19

[requiring] a three-day1×Jonah 3:3

[the descendants of] the three1×Judges 1:20

[there will be] three1×Ezekiel 48:31

[was] the thirteenth1×Esther 8:12

[was] thirteen1×Ezekiel 40:11

[were allotted] thirteen1×1 Chronicles 6:62

1331×Exodus 6:18

23,000 {}1×Numbers 26:62

3,000 [people]1×2 Chronicles 25:13

3,023 {}1×Jeremiah 52:28

3,300 {}1×1 Kings 5:16

3,6301×Ezra 2:35

3,7001×1 Chronicles 12:27

3,9301×Nehemiah 7:38

3231×Ezra 2:17

3241×Nehemiah 7:23

3281×Nehemiah 7:22

3501×Genesis 9:28

3601×2 Samuel 2:31

3651×Genesis 5:23

4031×Genesis 11:13

53,4001×Numbers 2:30

a third [of a shekel]1×1 Samuel 13:21

about three1×Exodus 32:28

against [Job’s] three1×Job 32:3

along with a three-year-old1×1 Samuel 1:24

along with three-tenths [of an ephah]1×Numbers 28:12

and 3001×2 Chronicles 35:8

and about three1×Judges 16:27

and for three1×Exodus 10:23

and his three1×1 Samuel 31:8

and on the twenty-third [day]1×Esther 8:9

and they journeyed three days1×Numbers 33:8

And when the three1×Judges 7:22

are three [things]1×Proverbs 30:18

are three things1×Proverbs 30:29

As one of the three1×2 Samuel 23:9

Ben-hadad three1×2 Kings 13:25

but in the thirteenth1×Genesis 14:4

every three years1×1 Kings 10:22

for the third1×Exodus 19:15

for those three1×Numbers 10:33

his officer1×2 Kings 9:25

his three1×1 Samuel 31:6

In response, three1×Judges 15:11

in the thirteenth1×Jeremiah 1:2

in three levels1×Ezekiel 41:6

is the third1×Judges 16:15

Its three1×Ezekiel 40:21

numbered 3,2001×Numbers 4:44

numbered 43,7301×Numbers 26:7

numbered 53,4001×Numbers 1:43

of 300,000 men1×2 Chronicles 14:8

of 307,5001×2 Chronicles 26:13

of every three1×Deuteronomy 14:28

of the thirteen1×Numbers 29:14

of thirteen1×Numbers 29:13

of three1×2 Kings 18:10

on a three-day1×Numbers 10:33

or even three times1×Job 33:29

plus 3,0001×2 Chronicles 35:7

received thirteen1×Joshua 21:6

Select three1×Numbers 35:14

So about three1×Joshua 7:4

So they had thirteen1×1 Chronicles 6:60

So within the three1×Ezra 10:9

sufficient for three1×Leviticus 25:21

the 2731×Numbers 3:46

the ground three1×2 Kings 13:18

their three1×Job 1:4

Then three1×1 Kings 22:1

There are to be three1×Exodus 25:33

These three1×1 Chronicles 2:3

This was done on the thirteenth1×Esther 9:17

took thirteen1×1 Kings 7:1

twenty-third1×Jeremiah 52:30

twenty-three1×Jeremiah 25:3

vvv1×Amos 4:8

was 1231×Numbers 33:39

was eighty-three1×Exodus 7:7

was thirteen1×Genesis 17:25

was three1×2 Kings 25:17

was twenty-three1×2 Chronicles 36:2

were three1×Genesis 40:10

who were three1×2 Chronicles 31:16

with a three-pronged1×1 Samuel 2:13

with his three1×1 Chronicles 10:6

With the three1×Judges 7:7

with their three1×Ezekiel 41:16

You three1×Numbers 12:4

Show sample aligned rows

Genesis 5:22שְׁלֹ֥שׁto300Number - feminine singular construct Genesis 5:23וּשְׁלֹ֥שׁto365Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct Genesis 6:10שְׁלֹשָׁ֣הtothreeNumber - masculine singular Genesis 6:15שְׁלֹ֧שׁto[is to be] 300Number - feminine singular construct Genesis 7:13וּשְׁלֹ֧שֶׁתtoand the threeConjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular construct Genesis 9:19שְׁלֹשָׁ֥הtothreeNumber - masculine singular Genesis 9:28שְׁלֹ֤שׁto350Number - feminine singular construct Genesis 11:13שָׁלֹ֣שׁto403Number - feminine singular Genesis 11:15שָׁלֹ֣שׁto. . .Number - feminine singular Genesis 14:4וּשְׁלֹשׁ־tobut in the thirteenthConjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct

Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned rowGenesis 5:22

Aligned rows430

Books represented25

Genesis29Exodus35Leviticus5Numbers37Deuteronomy9Joshua16Judges191 Samuel252 Samuel221 Kings272 Kings201 Chronicles402 Chronicles33Ezra20Nehemiah14Esther10Job10Proverbs4Isaiah3Jeremiah8Ezekiel20Daniel9Amos11Jonah3Zechariah1

Source forms

שְׁלֹ֥שׁ29xšə·lōšGenesis 5:22, Genesis 17:25, Joshua 21:4, Joshua 21:6

שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת24xšə·lō·šeṯGenesis 30:36, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:19, Exodus 8:27

שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה23xšə·lō·šāhGenesis 6:10, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 29:34, Genesis 40:10

שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת20xšə·lō·šeṯGenesis 40:12, Genesis 40:18, Genesis 42:17, Exodus 10:22

שָׁלֹ֣שׁ19xšā·lōšGenesis 11:13, Genesis 11:15, Exodus 23:14, Leviticus 19:23

שְׁלֹשׁ־16xšə·lōš-Numbers 31:36, Numbers 31:43, Joshua 19:6, Joshua 21:19

שָׁלֹ֥שׁ13xšā·lōšExodus 7:7, Exodus 23:17, Exodus 34:23, Exodus 34:24

שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה12xšə·lō·šāhGenesis 9:19, Exodus 2:2, Numbers 3:43, Numbers 29:13

Parsing patterns

Number - masculine singular101xGenesis 6:10, Genesis 9:19, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 29:2

Number - feminine singular71xGenesis 11:13, Genesis 11:15, Exodus 6:18, Exodus 7:7

Number - masculine singular construct71xGenesis 30:36, Genesis 40:12, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:18

Number - feminine singular construct63xGenesis 5:22, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 9:28, Genesis 17:25

Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular33xExodus 25:32, Exodus 25:33, Exodus 37:18, Exodus 37:19

Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular16xGenesis 46:15, Exodus 27:1, Exodus 38:1, Judges 10:2

Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct12xGenesis 5:23, Genesis 14:4, Genesis 14:14, Numbers 1:23

Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular construct11xGenesis 7:13, Exodus 38:26, Leviticus 12:4, Numbers 1:46

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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שָׁלוֹשׁ

What does שָׁלוֹשׁ (šālwōš) mean in the Bible?

What does שָׁלוֹשׁ (šālwōš) mean in the Bible?

How does the BSB render H7969?

Where does שָׁלוֹשׁ (šālwōš) appear in Scripture?

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